5/30/2023 0 Comments The pedestrian ray bradbury![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, just as the “skeletal” leaf form that Mead examines will bud in spring, the ghostly other citizens, made lifeless by their conformity, could one day leave their tomb-like homes and come back to life. ![]() For example, Mead stumbles “over a particularly uneven section of sidewalk…he cement… vanishing under flowers and grass.” Even though the foliage is not currently growing, the sidewalk has cracked and eroded from the repeated growth of plants that cannot be fully subsumbed by the hard urban landscape. Unlike the predictable and alienating manmade landscape, nature is imperfect and surprising. Since the story takes place in winter, nature is dormant, but nonetheless the chill air makes Mead’s lungs “blaze like a Christmas tree,” showing that nature is invigorating and comforting. On his solitary walks, Mead experiences and enjoys the natural world, which represents the dormant possibilities of life in this repressed society. ![]()
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